Slideless heddle frame



' Jan. 1, 1963 E. NUSSBAUM 3,071,164

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Jan. 1, 1963 E. NUSSBAUM 3,071,164 SLIDELESS HEDDLE FRAME Filed Oct. 23, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 In venZ Eugen A/uwiaum v y m aw V- Patented Jan. 1, 1963 3,071,164 SLIDELESS HEDDLE FRANE Eugen Nusshaum, Ruteggli, Muhlehorn, Glarus, Switzerland Filed Oct. 23, 1958, Ser. No. 769,115 Claims priority, application Austria Oct. 28, 1957 9 Claims. (Cl. 139-92) This invention relates to a harness frame for heddles with U-shaped hook ends for looms.

In accordance with the invention, means are provided by which the heddles as a whole, held together by a special member, are insertable into the frame and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame.

By means of the invention it is possible for a set of heddles to be taken off or introduced into the frame, without the heddles falling out of place when taken off.

Further features of the invention will appear from the following description and claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein there are shown some forms of heddles incorporating the invention.

In said drawing:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a heddle frame;

FIG. 2 is a side view partly in section showing a heddle hooked on a heddle guide rail and secured against falling out;

FIG. 3 is a side view partly in section showing the heddle guide rail displaced for the purpose of liberating the heddle hooks;

FIG. 4 is a front view partly in section showing a form, according to which the heddle guide rail in the frame is displaceable downwards, to free the heddles as shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional side view according to FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a front view partly in section of another form of the displaceable heddle guide rail in position to free the heddles according to FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a front view partly in section of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a front view partly in section showing a form in which the heddle guide rail is rigidly secured to a support rod, the latter being capable of displacement within the side struts for freeing the heddles;

FIG. 9 is a side elevation of a part of a detail of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a side View partly in section showing a form, in which, by a bayonet-joint, the heddle guide rail is removable from the frame and insertable therein in transverse direction, the rail being double hooked for receiving two sets of heddles arranged one behind the other.

FIG. 11 is a front view partly in section of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a detail to FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a detail view, in which the heddle guide rail is formed of two parts, and

FIG. 14 is a corresponding front view.

Referring more particularly to FIGS. 1-7, heddle frames are shown having heddle guide rails 2 separate from support rods 1, the rails 2 being movable towards each other to liberate the hooks 6a of the heddles 6 from the hooked rails 2. Thereby only one rail, for instance the upper one, can be displaceable downwards; but both rails 2 may also be displaceably supported in the frame to enable them to be moved relatively to each other for the purpose of liberating the heddles 6. When liberated at their hooked ends 6a, the heddles 6 can be lifted off very easily in transverse direction to the plane of the frame. Such heddles can also be readily re-inserted by laying them onto the rails 2 which are moved towards each other and then again from each other so as to cause the rails to engage below the hooks 6a of the heddles 6 and to secure them against falling out.

In the forms according to FIGS. 17, the freeing of the heddles 6 or their hooking thereon and securing in the guide rails 2 takes place in the manner as generally shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. In the working condition, the heddles 6 with their hooks 6a are hung into the rails 2 by their U-shaped form (FIG. 2). By displacing one or both rails 2 by a relative movement towards each other, the hook 6a of each attached heddles 6 will be free so as to permit the heddles 6 to be lifted off in transverse direction to the plane of the frame. For re-inserting them the opposite procedure applies (FIG. 3), whereby the rails 2 being again spaced from. each other so that the hooks 6a of the heddles 6 and the hook of the rail 2 engage with each other (FIG. 2).

The freeing and removal of the heddles in the aforedescribed manner has a really practical meaning, since the freed heddles can be removed as a unit, without falling apart. They should likewise be capable of being reinserted as a unit. This purpose is achieved by one member which holds the heddles together and said member is exemplified in FIGS. 2 and 3. Towards their ends, the heddles 6 each have an aperture, say, in the form of a circular hole 6b. Through said holes, the heddles can be assembled, as on a rod or wire 20; on being freed by moving them relatively towards each other on the wires arranged in rows, the heddles can be readily removed from the frame and just as well be re-inserted therein.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5, displacement of the heddle guide rail 2 is effected by means of one or more angular guides 5. These angular guides 5 are disposed as slots, each in a lug 4 of a part 1a formed in the support rod 1. The rail 2 has rigid with it bolts 3 which engage the slots 5, thus carrying the rail 2 displaceably on the support rod 1; 1a, 4. The angular guide 5 has a horizontal portion and an adjoining vertical portion as a bayonet slot. Located in a piece 22 attached to the side strut 21 is a spring 23 which, together with a similar but stronger spring provided in the opposite side strut (not shown), fixes the lateral position of the heddle guide rail, in which the bolts 3 are pressed against the end of the slots. FIG. 4 shows the rail 2 in working position, i.e. in that as shown in FIG. 5, in which the heddles with their hooks 6a are hung in the hooks of the rail 2. For releasing the heddles, the rail 2 with the bolts 3 is pushed to the right, until the bolt 3 falls into the vertical section of the slot 5, permitting the rail 2 to be lowered to that extent and to come nearer the opposite rail 2 so as to free the heddles as shown in FIG. 3.

In the form according to FIGS. 6 and 7, the displacement of the heddle guide rails or its adjustment to the opposite sides takes place in the following manner:

According to FIG. 6, the rail 2 is in the position in which it frees the heddles. On the other hand, FIG. 7 shows the working position. In the form according to FIG. 6, the angular guide 7 is of a design somewhat differing from that according to FIG. 4. The guide slot 7 essentially consists of an oblique slot with two rests 7a, 7b lying outside the aXis at an angle thereto, in which the bolt 3 on the rail 2 can engage. Said rests determine the upper and lower positions of the rail 2. In order to push the bolt 3 of rail 2 into one or other rest, there is provided a coil spring 9 supported between the part 1a of the support rod 1 and the rail 2. Said spring 9 engages the projection 8a punched out of rail 2, and 1b in the part 1a. The springs 9 have the tendency to urge the two parts 1, 1a, and the part 2 apart.

To move the rail 2 into the upper position, it is sufficient to raise it against the pressure of the springs 9, until it falls into the upper rest. In the upper rest, the rail 2 is in its working position, in which the hooks of the heddles are secured against displacement.

With the form according to FIGS. 6 and 7 one obtains I a displacement or relative approach of the rails, in order to free the heddles, just as With the form according to FIGS. 4 and 5.

In the form according to FIGS. 8 and 9, the support rod 1, 1a together with the rail 2 rigidly attached thereto is displaceable in the manner as in FIGS. 2 and 3. Therein the rail 2 is welded to the part 1a of the support rod at the points 14. Situated within the hollow support rod 1 at each end is an adapter piece 11. The support rods are mounted on the side struts by means of screws 12. The screws 12 each pass through an elongated hole 13 in the side strut 10 so that, upon loosening the screws, the support rod 1 and rail 2 can be bodily displaced in the elongated holes and be fixed again in the respective displaced position. A rest 13a for a collar 12a of the upper screw 12 serves for securing the upper or working position. With this screw firmly in place, the connection 12a, 13a secures the angular joint. To displace the support rod 1 together with the rail 2, the upper screw 12 must be backed out until the collar 12 clears the rest 13a.

With the heddles assembled and united in a set by the wires 20, the rails 2 can be withdrawn so that the heddle set can be removed laterally from the frame. Similarly, the heddle set can be reinserted by pushing the rails '2 into the hooks 6a thereof.

FIGS. 10-12 illustrate a form, in which the rail (together with the heddles hooked on) is removable and reinsertable in a lateral direction to the frame. Provided at the lower end of the support rod part 1a are longitudinal slots 1b engageable by suitable hooks a of a rail 15. In the present instance, this is shown on a rail with double hook 16. The slot 1b is somewhat longer than the hook 15a and the latter has a nose 15b which is capable of gripping behind the corresponding part of the support rod 1, 1a.

In FIG. 11, the rail 15 with the hooks 15a is hung in transverse direction into the slots 15. To secure this position, the rail 15 is moved somewhat to the left until the nose 15b grips behind the part 1a (FIG. 12). This is the working position of the rail 2, into which the heddles are hung.

To remove the rail 15 together with the heddles assembled thereon, in the illustration the rails are pushed somewhat to the right (FIGS. 11 and 12) so that the hook 15b no longer hinders the rail 15 from being transversely removed with the heddles.

In the form according to FIGS. 13 and 14, removal of the heddle set in transverse direction is possible in that the hook-shaped heddle guide rail comprises two parts 2a and 2b, part 2a of which is rigid with the support rod 1, 1a, whereas part 2b is slidably guided lengthwise on the stationary part 211. For this structure, the fixed part 2a, at some places, has hook-shaped guides 20, between which and the cranked bottom edge of the part 2a with the movable part 2b and with the lower crank is guided lengthwise. In order to free the heddles 6 with their hooks 6a, the movable part 2b of the rail 2 is displaced endvvise and removed from the heddle frame. The heddles assembled in a set on a wire 29 may then be lifted off in transverse direction to the plane of the heddle frame. For replacing the heddle set, it is placed again onto the'frame and the rail 2b is pushed under the hooks 6b so that the heddles will again have their normal guidance, ensuring them againstfalling out.

By means of the invention, a device on heddle frames is provided by which the heddles, as a set, can be removed from the re-inserted into the frame in a simple and expeditious way. It is understood that the foregoing detailed description is given merely by way of illustration and that other variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. Harness frame for heddles each having a U-shaped hook end with which they are insertable therein and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame, comprising at least one support rod in the frame, at least one guide rail having means to displaceably mount the heddles thereon by the U-shaped hook ends, the guide rails having a U-shaped hook profile, and means to secure the heddles together and to be held assembled as a unit for assembly on or disassembly from the frame, the rail comprising two parts of which one part is firmly connected to the support rod and the other part grips below the hooks of the heddles and is displaceable on the first-mentioned part in and out of the frame.

2. Harness frame for heddles each having a U-shapedhook end with which they are insertable therein and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame, comprising two guide rail arranged displaceable in and out of the frame, and means to secure the heddles together and to be held assembled as a unit for assembly on or disassembly from the frame.

3. Harness frame for heddles each having a U-shapedhook end with which they are insertable therein and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame, comprising at least one support rod in the frame, at least one guide rail having means to displaceably mount the heddles thereon by the U-shaped-hook ends, the guide rails having a U-shaped-hook profile, means to secure the heddles together and to be held assembled as a unit for assembly on or disassembly from the frame, and guide means in the support red, the rail being supported by a bolt rigid therewith and engaging the guide means, and said guide means comprising horizontal and adjoining vertical slotted portions.

4. Harness frame for heddles each having a U-shapedhook end with which they are insertable therein and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame, comprising at least one support rod in the frame, at least one glide rail having means to displaceably mount the heddles thereon by the U-shaped-hook ends, the guide rails having a U-shaped-hook profile, means to secure the heddles together and to be held assembled as a unit for assembly on or disassembly from the frame, and guide means in the support rod, the rail having one bolt fixed thereon engaging the guide means in the support rod, said guide consisting of an obliquely disposed slot with offset end rests, into each of which a spring carried between said rod and said rail is capable of pressing said bolt therein.

5. Harness frame according to claim 2, in which a support rod and side struts are provided for the frame and the support rod is rigid with the rail with the rod being displaceable and fixable in the side struts.

6. Harness frame according to claim 2, in Which a support rod and side struts are provided in the frame and there are two support rods which are hollow and they have firmly located therein adapter pieces to which the side struts are detachably secured by screws of which the shanks protrude through elongated holes in the struts.

7. Harness frame according to claim 2, in which a support rod and side struts are provided in the frame and there are two support rods which are hollow and they have firmly located therein adapter pieces to which the side struts are detaehably secured by screws of which the shanks protrude through elongated holes in the struts and in which at least one elongated hole in the side strut has an end rest adapted to receive a collar of the screw to fix the upper working position of the respective rail.

8. Harness frame according to claim 2, in which a support rod is provided in the frame, two guide rails being insertable in and removable from the frame in transverse direction by a bayonet-joint disposed between them and the support rod, said joint consisting of at least one hook with a lateral nose arranged on the rail, and a slot is provided in a part of the support rod, in which slot said hook is insertable and lockable upon lateral displacement of said rail by gripping behind said slot.

9. Harness frame for heddles each having a U-shapedhook end With which they are insertahle therein and removable therefrom in transverse direction to the plane of the frame, comprising at least one support rod in the frame, at least one guide rail having means to displaceably mount the heddles thereon by the U-shaped-h'ook ends, the guide rails having a U-shaped-hook profile, means, to secure the heddles together and to be held assembled as a unit for assembly on or disassembly from the frame, and guide means in the support rod, the rail being supported by 'a bolt rigid therewith and engaging the guide means, and said guide means comprising slotted portions.

References Qited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,153,857 Blair Sept. 14, 1915 6 Blair Sept. 14, 1915 Colman Sept. 1, 1925 Kaufmann July 14, 1936 Gloor et a1. Feb. 9, 1937 Consoletti Iune 12, 1951 Consoletti Nov. 18, 1952 Galaher Dec. 30, 1952 Consoletti Apr. 14, 1953 Kaufmann Apr. 21, 1953 Kaufmann Nov. 6, 1956 Kaufmann June 18, 1957 Graf Aug. 4, 1959 Kaufm-ann Sept. 22, 1959 Froehlich Jan. 16, 1962 FOREIGN PATENTS France Sept. 5, 1949 

1. HARNESS FRAME FOR HEDDLES EACH HAVING A U-SHAPED HOOK END WITH WHICH THEY ARE INSERTABLE THEREIN AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTION TO THE PLANE OF THE FRAME, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT ROD IN THE FRAME, AT LEAST ONE GUIDE RAIL HAVING MEANS TO DISPLACEABLY MOUNT THE HEDDLES THEREON BY THE U-SHAPED HOOK ENDS, THE GUIDE RAILS HAVING A U-SHAPED HOOK PROFILE, AND MEANS TO SECURE THE HEDDLES TOGETHER AND TO BE HELD ASSEMBLED AS A UNIT FOR ASSEMBLY ON OR DISASSEMBLY FROM THE FRAME, THE RAIL COMPRISING TWO PARTS OF WHICH ONE PART IS FIRMLY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT ROD AND THE OTHER PART GRIPS BELOW THE HOOKS OF THE HEDDLES AND IS DISPLACEABLE ON THE FIRST-MENTIONED PART IN AND OUT OF THE FRAME. 